He has no children or descendants among his people, no survivor where he used to live.
Leviticus 20:20 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised If a man sleeps with his aunt, he has violated the intimacy that belongs to his uncle; , they will bear their guilt and die childless. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And if a man shall lie with his uncle's wife, he hath uncovered his uncle's nakedness: they shall bear their sin; they shall die childless. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And if a man shall lie carnally with his uncle's wife, he has uncovered his uncle's nakedness; they shall bear their sin; they shall die childless [not literally, but in a legal sense]. American Standard Version (1901) And if a man shall lie with his uncle’s wife, he hath uncovered his uncle’s nakedness: they shall bear their sin; they shall die childless. Common English Bible If a man has sexual intercourse with his aunt, he has uncovered his uncle’s nakedness. The man and the aunt will be liable to punishment; they will die childless. Catholic Public Domain Version If any man has had sexual intercourse with the wife of his paternal or maternal uncle, and he has uncovered the shame of his close relative, both shall bear their sin. They shall die without children. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version If any man lie with the wife of his uncle by the father, or of his uncle by the mother, and uncover the shame of his near akin, both shall bear their sin. They shall die without children. |
He has no children or descendants among his people, no survivor where he used to live.
This is what the Lord says: Record this man as childless, a man who will not be successful in his lifetime. None of his descendants will succeed in sitting on the throne of David or ruling again in Judah.
You are not to violate the intimacy that belongs to your father’s brother by approaching his wife to have sexual intercourse; she is your aunt.
If a man marries his brother’s wife, it is impurity. He has violated the intimacy that belongs to his brother; , they will be childless.
‘The Lord has done this for me. He has looked with favour in these days to take away my disgrace among the people.’
But they had no children because Elizabeth could not conceive, and both of them were well on in years.
Look, the days are coming when they will say, “Blessed are the women without children, the wombs that never bore, and the breasts that never fed! ”